A new interactive 3D website that takes you along the streets of Dublin before, during and after the 1916 Rising has been created by Dublin City Council.

The City and the Rising lets viewers discover key events as they happened during the week of the rebellion and highlights how the city's buildings and streets played a pivotal role in the planning, execution and legacy of the event.

The website, which can be found at www.dublincityrising.com, brings you a specially-created interactive map featuring images, text and videos.

The map lets you explore the Dublin of 1916 and inspect sites such as the GPO, Liberty Hall, St Stephen's Green, Dublin Castle and many other locations where the events that influenced the course of the Rising took place.

A second level, available at certain locations, provides a closer map view and details notable incidents and events that took place at that particular site.

The rebel trenches dug at St Stephen’s Green, the building where Eamon DeValera raised a decoy flag to distract British forces near Boland’s Mills, or where Tom Clarke’s tobacconist was located are all examples of this.

In each location, objects are embedded into the map with vignettes of information providing a view of the Rising as it was happening on the streets and inside buildings.

An tArdmhéara Críona Ní Dhálaigh launched The City and the Rising at the Mansion House yesterday.

She said: "The aim of the The City and the Rising website is to offer an online experience that is visually striking, emotionally engaging and highly memorable; one that will thrill, captivate and inspire audiences, young and old alike.

"The Oculus headset really lets you step back in time to the Dublin of 1916.

Jim Keogan, Assistant Chief Executive at the Planning Department of Dublin City Council said: "The website was developed on behalf of Planning and Property Development Department of Dublin City Council and forms part of a trilogy of projects carried out by the Department to celebrate 1916.

"The other two projects relate to the creation of a Tenement Museum on Henrietta Street and the Archaeology of 1916 in collaboration with UCD.

"This interactive map created by NOHO Ltd allows users to see how the streets and buildings of the city shaped one of the most important episodes in Irish history.

"The sites at Sackville Street, Moore Street, Dublin Castle, St Stephens Green and Mount Street Bridge which have been reconstructed as 3D virtual environments to give a real life experience of that time."